Alumide?

[Major Fallout]

I'm just having a play with some Alumide, its a strange metal plastic stuff.

Does anyone know anything about it?
All I can find out is its aluminium and plastic, I cant find out what its used for or if its any benefit over plastic?

Its one of these I'm playing with, but mine is this grey Alumide material.
http://youtu.be/a5Zx02qAacA

By the way its not magic, he is blowing on it in the video.

[Major Fallout]

Bump for the lunchtime shift.

[Big Fat Fatty]

Found an MSDS sheet for it, it's mainly used as 3D print media for tool making, looks like interesting stuff.

http://www.nwuav.com/materialPDFs/alumide.pdf

[Major Fallout]

Thank you.

I wonder if you could make vey light weight rocker covers and inlet manifolds out of it.

[Insanity Magnet]

Big Fat Fatty said:

Found an MSDS sheet for it, it's mainly used as 3D print media for tool making, looks like interesting stuff.

http://www.nwuav.com/materialPDFs/alumide.pdf

That's correct.

http://i.materialise.com/materials/alumide

(Other prototyping bureau are available)